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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Use of "and" vs. "or"

0 If you are using a clause such as "the greater of", followed by a list of two or more items, do you use "and" or "or" between the penultimate item in the list and the last item? Same result if you have the list of items, followed by the clause "whichever shall occur first?" 0-
  

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0I believe I would use "or" in both of the situations you describe. 02br 02br 00However, if you are using "the greater of" I would expect only two items. "0-

— BarbaraPA

  • 0I believe I would use "or" in both of the situations you describe.
  • 02br 02br 00However, if you are using "the greater of" I would expect only two items.
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0I believe I would use "or" in both of the situations you describe. 02br
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0 Hi,02br
00however, I'd use "and" if I had to change "greatest of" to "greatest between".02br
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01b00Which is the greatest between Vin Diesel, MacGyver and Chuck Norris?02br
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0 greatest between three people???02br
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00Arrgghh! Go to the back of the class!!! 05002br
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01i00greatest of 02i00or01i00greatest among 05102i02br
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00 CJ02br
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00 P.S. 01b00all right02b00 (always two words in 'correct' AmE)010
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